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  1  1                           DIVISION I
  1  2    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.  There is
  1  3 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  1  4 department of general services for the fiscal year beginning
  1  5 July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, to supplement the
  1  6 appropriations made in 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1211, section
  1  7 5, subsection 6, the following amount, or so much thereof as
  1  8 is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  1  9    For utility costs:  
  1 10 .................................................. $    234,591
  1 11    Sec. 2.  DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES – CENTURY DATE
  1 12 CHANGE.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1 13 state to the department of general services for the fiscal
  1 14 year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the
  1 15 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  1 16 used for the purposes designated:
  1 17    1.  For state acquisition in accordance with the
  1 18 competitive bidding requirements of this section and as a
  1 19 condition of the appropriation made in this subsection of new
  1 20 information technology hardware and software which already
  1 21 includes the century date change programming and which
  1 22 achieves additional purposes in replacing state hardware and
  1 23 software for which the century date change programming is
  1 24 required:  
  1 25 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  1 26    Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
  1 27 the purpose designated and notwithstanding section 8.39 are
  1 28 not subject to transfer or use for any other purpose.
  1 29    2.  For the costs of century date change programming in
  1 30 existing state information technology software when state
  1 31 acquisition of new information technology hardware and
  1 32 software which already includes the century date change
  1 33 programming and which achieves additional purposes to
  1 34 incorporate the century date change, is not cost effective,
  1 35 provided the programming is acquired in accordance with the
  2  1 competitive bidding requirements of this section and as a
  2  2 condition of the appropriation made in this subsection:  
  2  3 .................................................. $  3,000,000
  2  4    Moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used for
  2  5 the purpose designated and notwithstanding section 8.39 are
  2  6 not subject to transfer or use except for the purposes of
  2  7 additional acquisitions under subsection 1.
  2  8    The department shall not enter into a contract or any other
  2  9 obligation for the purpose of addressing the need for century
  2 10 date programming which would require the need for funding in
  2 11 excess of the amount appropriated in this section.  The
  2 12 department shall utilize, to the greatest extent possible,
  2 13 students and other knowledgeable persons connected with Iowa's
  2 14 colleges and universities in developing or acquiring hardware,
  2 15 software, and programming funded under this section.
  2 16 Otherwise, any acquisition for the purposes described in this
  2 17 section is subject to competitive bidding requirements in rule
  2 18 adopted under law and in accordance with the requirements of
  2 19 this section.  In order to maintain maximum open and free
  2 20 competition among bidders, an eligible bidder shall have been
  2 21 organized or doing business prior to January 1, 1997.  In
  2 22 addition, an eligible bidder shall not have a relationship
  2 23 with the state for assessment of bids or for preparation of a
  2 24 request for proposals under this section.  A bidder with an
  2 25 actual or organizational conflict of interest shall be
  2 26 disqualified.  A bidder shall be considered to have a conflict
  2 27 of interest if the organization, or a parent, subsidiary, or
  2 28 affiliated organization, of which the bidder is a shareholder,
  2 29 partner, limited partner, or member, has a conflict of
  2 30 interest.  A bidder shall provide assurances of compliance
  2 31 with the requirements of this paragraph at the time of
  2 32 submitting a bid or proposal for any acquisition for the
  2 33 purposes described in this section.
  2 34    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  2 35 section which remain unexpended or unencumbered at the close
  3  1 of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the
  3  2 state but shall remain available to be used for the purposes
  3  3 designated until the close of the fiscal year beginning July
  3  4 1, 1999.
  3  5    Sec. 3.  SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT – APPROPRIATION.
  3  6 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  3  7 the department of human services for the fiscal year beginning
  3  8 July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, to supplement the
  3  9 appropriation and allocation made in 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter
  3 10 1210, section 10, subsection 3, paragraph "g", the following
  3 11 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
  3 12 purpose designated:
  3 13    For MH/MR/DD/BI community service (local purchase) to be
  3 14 distributed and used in accordance with 1996 Iowa Acts,
  3 15 chapter 1213, section 19, subsection 6:  
  3 16 .................................................. $    194,057
  3 17    Sec. 4.  SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT – TRANSFER.  It is
  3 18 the intent of the general assembly that the department of
  3 19 human services transfer not more than $2,186,995 from the
  3 20 appropriation to the department in 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter
  3 21 1213, section 3, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996,
  3 22 and ending June 30, 1997, to supplement the federal social
  3 23 services block grant appropriation in 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter
  3 24 1210, section 10, for distribution among the allocations in
  3 25 that block grant appropriation as follows:
  3 26    a.  General administration:  
  3 27 .................................................. $    309,399
  3 28    b.  Field operations:  
  3 29 .................................................. $  1,617,370
  3 30    c.  Child and family services:  
  3 31 .................................................. $    214,578
  3 32    d.  Child care assistance:  
  3 33 .................................................. $     41,736
  3 34    e.  Volunteers:  
  3 35 .................................................. $      3,912
  4  1    For purposes of section 8.62, moneys transferred under this
  4  2 section shall not be considered transferred pursuant to
  4  3 section 8.39 and the transferred moneys which remain
  4  4 unexpended or unencumbered at the close of the fiscal year may
  4  5 be encumbered and used by the department of human services as
  4  6 provided in section 8.62.
  4  7    Sec. 5.  DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND APPEALS.  There is
  4  8 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  4  9 department of inspections and appeals for the fiscal year
  4 10 beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, to
  4 11 supplement the appropriations made in 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter
  4 12 1211, section 9, the following amount, or so much thereof as
  4 13 is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
  4 14    For regulation of pari-mutuel racetrack operations:  
  4 15 .................................................. $     98,695
  4 16    Sec. 6.  DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES – BROWNFIELDS.
  4 17 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
  4 18 the department of natural resources for the fiscal year
  4 19 beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the
  4 20 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  4 21 used for the purpose designated:
  4 22    For support of the land recycling program and the technical
  4 23 advisory committee established in 1997 Iowa Acts, Senate File
  4 24 528, if enacted by the Seventy-seventh General Assembly, 1997
  4 25 Session:  
  4 26 .................................................. $     65,000
  4 27    Moneys appropriated in this section which remain unexpended
  4 28 or unencumbered at the close of the fiscal year shall not
  4 29 revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain
  4 30 available for expenditure in the succeeding fiscal year.
  4 31    Sec. 7.  SNOW DISASTER EMERGENCY GRANTS TO COUNTIES.  There
  4 32 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  4 33 department of public defense for the fiscal year beginning
  4 34 July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following amount,
  4 35 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  5  1 designated:
  5  2    For distribution by the emergency management division to
  5  3 assist those counties proclaimed by the governor to be in a
  5  4 state of disaster emergency as the result of a severe winter
  5  5 storm:  
  5  6 .................................................. $    100,000
  5  7    Funding distributed to a county eligible for assistance
  5  8 under this section shall not exceed the amount the county
  5  9 expended in excess of the county's approved budget amount for
  5 10 snow removal.  If the total amount of excess expenditures by
  5 11 all counties eligible for assistance exceeds the amount
  5 12 appropriated, the amounts distributed shall be prorated based
  5 13 upon a county's share of the total amount of excess
  5 14 expenditures by all counties.  If the total amount of excess
  5 15 expenditures is less than the amount appropriated, the
  5 16 remainder of the appropriation shall revert to the general
  5 17 fund of the state.
  5 18    Sec. 8.  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.  There is
  5 19 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  5 20 department of public safety for the fiscal year beginning July
  5 21 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, to supplement the
  5 22 appropriations made in 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1216, section
  5 23 21, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
  5 24 to be used for the purpose designated:
  5 25    For riverboat enforcement due to expanded operational
  5 26 hours:  
  5 27 .................................................. $     71,114
  5 28    Sec. 9.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS.  There is appropriated
  5 29 from the general fund of the state to the state board of
  5 30 regents for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
  5 31 June 30, 1997, to supplement the appropriations made in 1996
  5 32 Iowa Acts, chapter 1215, section 12, the following amount, or
  5 33 so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  5 34 designated:
  5 35    For salaries:  
  6  1 .................................................. $  2,325,940
  6  2                           DIVISION II
  6  3    Sec. 10.  EXCESS LOTTERY REVENUES – FY 1994-1995.  Of the
  6  4 lottery revenues received during the fiscal year beginning
  6  5 July 1, 1994, which remain in the lottery fund following
  6  6 transfers made pursuant to 1995 Iowa Acts, chapter 220,
  6  7 section 16, and 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1219, section 14, the
  6  8 following amounts are appropriated, on the condition that each
  6  9 appropriation made in this section is contingent on all other
  6 10 appropriations made in this section and that any veto of a
  6 11 single appropriation in this section shall constitute a veto
  6 12 of all appropriations in this section, for use during the
  6 13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997,
  6 14 to be used for the purposes designated:
  6 15    1.  To the state board of regents for Iowa state university
  6 16 of science and technology for support of Iowa's participation
  6 17 in the funding of the world food prize:  
  6 18 .................................................. $    300,000
  6 19    2.  To the department of cultural affairs for a grant to be
  6 20 combined with local match funding of two dollars for every one
  6 21 state dollar to be used for costs associated with
  6 22 establishment of the Iowa fire fighters memorial:  
  6 23 .................................................. $     50,000
  6 24    3.  To the department of general services for construction
  6 25 of a world war II veterans memorial:  
  6 26 .................................................. $     50,000
  6 27    4.  To the department of education for purposes of the
  6 28 educational excellence commission:  
  6 29 .................................................. $    250,000
  6 30    5.  To the department of commerce for the insurance
  6 31 division for the community health management information
  6 32 system:  
  6 33 .................................................. $    200,000
  6 34    Notwithstanding section 144C.8, subsection 1, the
  6 35 implementation of phase I of the system may be delayed until
  7  1 July 1, 1998.  The funds appropriated in this subsection shall
  7  2 be distributed to the system for the collection of data
  7  3 necessary to implement section 144C.8, subsection 1, and the
  7  4 data collected shall be verified for accuracy.  It is the
  7  5 intent of the general assembly that no additional
  7  6 appropriation will be made for purposes of the community
  7  7 health management information system.
  7  8    6.  To the department of human services for administration
  7  9 of a telemedicine services pilot project under the medical
  7 10 assistance program:  
  7 11 .................................................. $     60,000
  7 12    The department shall utilize the moneys appropriated in
  7 13 this subsection for administration of a telemedicine pilot
  7 14 project and for medical assistance payment for teleconsultive
  7 15 services to eligible providers who are participating in a
  7 16 federally funded telemedicine program.  The department shall
  7 17 evaluate the pilot project and report on savings realized
  7 18 through the use of teleconsultive services under the medical
  7 19 assistance program.  The department shall adopt emergency
  7 20 rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5,
  7 21 subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of
  7 22 this subsection and the rules shall become effective
  7 23 immediately upon filing unless the effective date is delayed
  7 24 by the administrative rules review committee, notwithstanding
  7 25 section 17A.4, subsection 5, and section 17A.8, subsection 9,
  7 26 or a later date is specified in the rules.  Any rules adopted
  7 27 in accordance with this subsection shall not take effect
  7 28 before the rules are reviewed by the administrative rules
  7 29 review committee.  Any rules adopted in accordance with this
  7 30 section shall also be published as a notice of intended action
  7 31 as provided in section 17A.4.
  7 32    7.  To the Iowa department of public health for
  7 33 implementation of the provisions of 1997 Iowa Acts, Senate
  7 34 File 128:  
  7 35 .................................................. $     40,000
  8  1    8.  To the department of human services to be used for
  8  2 implementation of child support enforcement changes
  8  3 necessitated by federal welfare reform legislation, provided
  8  4 that none of the moneys shall be used to fill new full-time
  8  5 equivalent positions:  
  8  6 .................................................. $    300,000
  8  7    9.  To the commission of veterans affairs to be used for
  8  8 CD-ROM conversion:  
  8  9 .................................................. $    229,317
  8 10    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  8 11 subsection shall not revert at the close of the fiscal year
  8 12 but shall remain available for the purpose designated until
  8 13 the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999.
  8 14    10.  To the department of natural resources for allocation
  8 15 to the United States department of agriculture, animal and
  8 16 plant health inspection service, to be used for animal damage
  8 17 control in this state:  
  8 18 .................................................. $     50,000
  8 19    11.  To the department of education to develop an
  8 20 initiative to improve access to education through distance
  8 21 learning in postsecondary institutions:  
  8 22 .................................................. $     50,000
  8 23    Notwithstanding section 8.33, unless otherwise provided in
  8 24 this section, moneys appropriated in this section which remain
  8 25 unobligated or unexpended for the purpose designated shall
  8 26 revert at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997,
  8 27 and ending June 30, 1998.
  8 28    Sec. 11.  FISCAL YEAR 1997-1998 LOTTERY TRANSFER.
  8 29 Notwithstanding the requirement in section 99E.10, subsection
  8 30 1, to transfer lottery revenue remaining after expenses are
  8 31 deducted, notwithstanding the requirement under section
  8 32 99E.20, subsection 2, for the commissioner to certify and
  8 33 transfer a portion of the lottery fund to the CLEAN fund, and
  8 34 notwithstanding the appropriations and allocations in section
  8 35 99E.34, all lottery revenues received during the fiscal year
  9  1 beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998, after
  9  2 deductions as provided in section 99E.10, subsection 1, and as
  9  3 appropriated under any Act of the Seventy-seventh General
  9  4 Assembly, 1997 Session, shall not be transferred to and
  9  5 deposited into the CLEAN fund but shall be transferred and
  9  6 credited to the general fund of the state.  
  9  7                          DIVISION III
  9  8    Sec. 12.  NEW SECTION.  236.15B  INCOME TAX CHECKOFF FOR
  9  9 DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES.
  9 10    A person who files an individual or a joint income tax
  9 11 return with the department of revenue and finance under
  9 12 section 422.13 may designate any amount to be paid to the
  9 13 general fund of the state and used for the purposes of
  9 14 providing emergency shelter services, support services, and
  9 15 other services to victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault.
  9 16 If the refund due on the return or the payment remitted with
  9 17 the return is insufficient to pay the additional amount
  9 18 designated by the taxpayer to be used for the purposes of
  9 19 providing services to victims of domestic abuse or sexual
  9 20 assault, the amount designated shall be reduced to the
  9 21 remaining amount of refund or the remaining amount remitted
  9 22 with the return.
  9 23    It is the intent of the general assembly that the funds
  9 24 generated from the checkoff be appropriated and used for the
  9 25 purposes of providing services to victims of domestic abuse or
  9 26 sexual assault.
  9 27    The director of revenue and finance shall draft the income
  9 28 tax form to allow the designation of contributions to be used
  9 29 for the purposes of providing services to victims of domestic
  9 30 abuse or sexual assault on the tax return.
  9 31    The department of revenue and finance on or before January
  9 32 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which
  9 33 the tax returns were filed shall certify the total amount
  9 34 designated on the tax return forms due in the preceding
  9 35 calendar year and shall report the amount to the treasurer of
 10  1 state.
 10  2    The department of revenue and finance shall consult the
 10  3 crime victim assistance board concerning the adoption of rules
 10  4 to implement this section.  However, before a checkoff
 10  5 pursuant to this section shall be permitted, all liabilities
 10  6 on the books of the department of revenue and finance and
 10  7 accounts identified as owing under section 421.17 and the
 10  8 political contribution allowed under section 56.18 shall be
 10  9 satisfied.
 10 10    Sec. 13.  Section 236.15A, Code 1997, is repealed.
 10 11    Sec. 14.  APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the
 10 12 general fund of the state to the department of justice for the
 10 13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997,
 10 14 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
 10 15 be used for the purpose designated:
 10 16    To fund domestic abuse and sexual assault grants
 10 17 administered by the crime victim assistance division of the
 10 18 department of justice for the purposes of providing emergency
 10 19 shelter services, support services, and other services to
 10 20 victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault:  
 10 21 .................................................. $     75,000
 10 22    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
 10 23 section shall not revert but shall remain available for the
 10 24 purposes designated until the close of the fiscal year ending
 10 25 June 30, 1999.
 10 26    Sec. 15.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  Section 12 of this
 10 27 division of this Act applies retroactively to January 1, 1997,
 10 28 for tax years beginning on or after that date.  Section 13 of
 10 29 this division of this Act applies retroactively to January 1,
 10 30 1996, for tax years beginning on or after that date.  
 10 31                           DIVISION IV
 10 32    Sec. 16.  VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE.
 10 33    1.  It is the intent of the general assembly to support the
 10 34 creation of an ag-initiative 2000 subaccount in the community
 10 35 economic betterment program account as provided in and for the
 11  1 purposes stated in the Senate amendment, H-1975, to House File
 11  2 731.  As evidence of this support, the general assembly
 11  3 directs the department of economic development to use
 11  4 resources under existing financial assistance programs to
 11  5 support the organization of innovative ownership and
 11  6 management entities involving valued-added agricultural
 11  7 processes.  The department shall explore all capital
 11  8 assistance opportunities and may consider proposals from and
 11  9 negotiate with potential entities.
 11 10    2.  The legislative council shall create a four-member task
 11 11 force consisting of one senator of each party and one
 11 12 representative of each party designated by their respective
 11 13 leadership which shall assist the department of economic
 11 14 development and the office of the governor in any
 11 15 negotiations.
 11 16    3.  Proposals developed in conjunction with the department,
 11 17 the governor, and the task force for providing capital
 11 18 incentives or capital assistance presently not available shall
 11 19 be presented to the general assembly for its approval.
 11 20    4.  The department of economic development shall report to
 11 21 the task force and the office of the governor on its
 11 22 activities pursuant to this section.  
 11 23                           DIVISION V
 11 24    Sec. 17.  Section 279.51, subsection 1, unnumbered
 11 25 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 11 26    There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
 11 27 the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July
 11 28 1, 1996 1997, and each succeeding fiscal year, the sum of
 11 29 fourteen fifteen million five one hundred twenty seventy
 11 30 thousand dollars.
 11 31    Sec. 18.  Section 279.51, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
 11 32 1997, is amended to read as follows:
 11 33    b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996 1997, and
 11 34 for each succeeding fiscal year, seven eight million six three
 11 35 hundred seventy twenty thousand dollars of the funds
 12  1 appropriated shall be allocated to the child development
 12  2 coordinating council established in chapter 256A for the
 12  3 purposes set out in subsection 2 of this section and section
 12  4 256A.3.  
 12  5                           DIVISION VI
 12  6    Sec. 19.  NEW SECTION.  12C.26  TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND.
 12  7    A tobacco settlement fund is created in the office of the
 12  8 treasurer of state.  After payment of litigation costs, the
 12  9 state portion of any moneys paid to the state by tobacco
 12 10 companies in settlement of the state's lawsuit for recovery of
 12 11 public expenditures associated with tobacco use shall be
 12 12 deposited in the tobacco settlement fund.  Moneys deposited in
 12 13 the fund shall be used only as provided in appropriations from
 12 14 the fund to the department of human services for the medical
 12 15 assistance program and to the Iowa department of public health
 12 16 for programs to reduce smoking by teenage youth.  For purposes
 12 17 of this section, "litigation costs" are those costs itemized
 12 18 by the attorney general and submitted to and approved by the
 12 19 general assembly.
 12 20    Sec. 20.  1997 Iowa Acts, House File 715, section 9,
 12 21 subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, if enacted, is amended
 12 22 to read as follows:
 12 23    For the purposes of this subsection, the term "poverty
 12 24 level" means the poverty level defined by the poverty income
 12 25 guidelines published by the United States department of health
 12 26 and human services.  Effective October July 1, 1997, the
 12 27 department shall increase to 125 percent the maximum federal
 12 28 poverty level used to determine eligibility for state child
 12 29 care assistance.  Based upon the availability of the funding
 12 30 provided in subsection 2 the department shall establish
 12 31 waiting lists for state child care assistance in descending
 12 32 order of prioritization as follows:
 12 33    Sec. 21.  1997 Iowa Acts, Senate File 131, section 1,
 12 34 amending section 239.14, if enacted, is repealed.
 12 35    Sec. 22.  1997 Iowa Acts, Senate File 131, section 2,
 13  1 amending section 239.17, if enacted, is repealed.  
 13  2                          DIVISION VII
 13  3    Sec. 23.  BUDGETING FOR RESULTS.
 13  4    1.  For the purposes of this section, unless the context
 13  5 otherwise requires, the term "budgeting for results" for a
 13  6 department or establishment as defined in chapter 8 means the
 13  7 budgeting process which includes steps for identifying and
 13  8 measuring desired results by use of results-oriented
 13  9 performance measures.  Under budgeting for results the
 13 10 performance measures are developed by a department or
 13 11 establishment in collaboration with the department of
 13 12 management and the legislative fiscal bureau for a program
 13 13 administered by the department or establishment.
 13 14    2.  If a new program commences on or after July 1, 1997,
 13 15 under a department or establishment or the source of funding
 13 16 for a program administered by a department or establishment is
 13 17 changed by law from the source of funding used in the previous
 13 18 fiscal year, the program may be included in budgeting for
 13 19 results for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1997, and July
 13 20 1, 1998.
 13 21    3.  It is the intent of the general assembly to consider
 13 22 requiring that all programs administered by departments and
 13 23 establishments will be included in budgeting for results.
 13 24    4.  The departments and establishments utilizing budgeting
 13 25 for results, shall collect data as determined by the
 13 26 department of management in collaboration with the legislative
 13 27 fiscal bureau, for use in evaluating the programs included in
 13 28 budgeting for results.  The data shall measure the
 13 29 effectiveness of a program in achieving the stated desired
 13 30 results.  Analysis of the data and evaluations of the
 13 31 effectiveness of a program in achieving the desired results
 13 32 shall be submitted by the departments and establishments to
 13 33 the governor and general assembly for use in making budgetary
 13 34 and policy decisions.  
 13 35                          DIVISION VIII
 14  1    Sec. 24.  NEW SECTION.  692.2A  CRIMINAL HISTORY DATA CHECK
 14  2 PREPAYMENT FUND.
 14  3    1.  A criminal history data check prepayment fund is
 14  4 created in the state treasury under the control of the
 14  5 department for the purpose of allowing any nonlaw enforcement
 14  6 agency or person to deposit moneys as an advance on fees
 14  7 required to conduct criminal history data checks as provided
 14  8 in section 692.2.
 14  9    2.  The department shall adopt rules governing the fund,
 14 10 including the crediting of deposits made to the fund.  Prepaid
 14 11 fees deposited in the fund are appropriated to the department
 14 12 for use as provided in section 692.2.
 14 13    3.  Interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund
 14 14 shall not be credited to the fund or to the agency or person
 14 15 who deposited the money but shall be deposited in the general
 14 16 fund of the state as provided in section 12C.7.
 14 17 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys remaining in the criminal
 14 18 history data check prepayment fund at the end of a fiscal year
 14 19 shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
 14 20    Sec. 25.  DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.
 14 21 Notwithstanding section 546.2, subsection 2, the governor may
 14 22 reappoint the commissioner of insurance to be the director of
 14 23 the department of commerce for a second year beginning July 1,
 14 24 1997.
 14 25    Sec. 26.  1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1218, section 10,
 14 26 unnumbered paragraph 3, is amended to read as follows:
 14 27    Of the appropriation in this section, $50,000 shall be used
 14 28 for costs associated with the renovation and repair of the
 14 29 Allison monument located on the state capitol complex.  An
 14 30 effort shall be made by the department of education to match
 14 31 this appropriation from the citizens and the school children
 14 32 of Iowa as occurred when the monument was initially built.
 14 33    Sec. 27.  HOUSE FILE 453 – EFFECTIVE DATE.  1997 Iowa
 14 34 Acts, House File 453, if enacted, being deemed of immediate
 14 35 importance, takes effect upon enactment of this Act.
 15  1    Sec. 28.  FEDERAL WELFARE REFORM COMPLIANCE – CHILD
 15  2 SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 15  3 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, after $36,370,000 of child
 15  4 support revenue has been collected by the department of human
 15  5 services and deposited in the family investment program
 15  6 account established in section 239B.11, notwithstanding
 15  7 section 8.33, not more than $1,000,000 of the remaining child
 15  8 support revenue collected and deposited in the account which
 15  9 remains unobligated or unexpended at the close of the fiscal
 15 10 year ending June 30, 1996, shall not revert to the general
 15 11 fund of the state, but shall remain available and is
 15 12 appropriated to the department for use in the succeeding
 15 13 fiscal year for the purpose of implementing child support
 15 14 enforcement changes necessitated by federal welfare reform
 15 15 legislation.
 15 16    Sec. 29.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 28 of this division of
 15 17 this Act, relating to federal welfare reform compliance, being
 15 18 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
 15 19                           DIVISION IX
 15 20    Sec. 30.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
 15 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
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